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Saturday, 4 March 2017

"Soyinka Is Not A God Or An Oracle" Obasanjo Said.

Obasanjo and Prof Wole Soyinka.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reignited his disagreements
with Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, in Abeokuta, Ogun State,
saying the latter is neither God or an oracle.Obasanjo in an interview with a group of journalists to mark his 80th
birthday which comes up on Monday said although he holds no grudge
against the playwright, Soyinka should not be seen as either God or an
oracle.Asked whether he had forgiven Soyinka after the writer openly kicked
against Obasanjo’s aspiration to become United Nations Secretary
General, the former President said: “You’re absolutely wrong. I don’t
hold a grudge.

“Wole Soyinka is not God. And I don’t believe there’s any human being
that is absolutely right. Wole Soyinka has what I believe he has. He’s a
gifted person in his own way.“But Wole Soyinka is not an oracle. I will not accept Wole Soyinka
making cathedral statement on everything. I don’t believe that anybody
could do that.“So it’s not a question of forgiveness. When Wole Soyinka does what I
believe is right, I will commend him. When he says what I believe is
not right, Wole Soyinka is a populist and I don’t believe in populism.”

Obasanjo also insisted that his assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari is that he has not done badly.“President Buhari has not disappointed me. From what I know about him
and what he has done, he has not disappointed me,” he said.“In my book, I said he’s not strong on the economy. And he’s not. In
fact, I said he’s not strong on foreign affairs. He’s improved somewhat
on foreign affairs. But in the areas we know him, he has done his best.
He has done his best in fighting insurgency. He has done his best in
trying to fight corruption.”Source: PM News